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Durham E-Theses Verso le virtù celesti. La letterata conversazione dell'Accademia degli Insensati di Perugia (1561-1608). SACCHINI, LORENZO How to cite: SACCHINI, LORENZO (2013) Verso le virtù celesti. La letterata conversazione dell'Accademia degli Insensati di Perugia (1561-1608)., Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/7723/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 L. Sacchini, Verso le virtù celesti. La letterata conversazione dell’Accademia degli Insensati di Perugia (1561-1608) Abstract In the still in many respects uncharted territory of the early modern Italian Academies, this thesis focuses on the earliest phase of the Accademia degli Insensati of Perugia (1561-1608). Although almost unknown to scholars now, the Perugian Academy was held in high esteem in the Late Renaissance. Over and above its local members, the Academy’s fame attracted outstanding poets (Giovan Battista Marino and Battista Guarini), renowned artists (Federico Zuccari), influential cardinals (Bonifacio Bevilacqua, Silvio Savelli, Maffeo Barberini – the future pope Urban VIII), who were all elected members. Both rooted in the city culture and open to contacts with other centres, the Accademia degli Insensati may be said to be genuinely representative of a typical mid-sized institution of its kind. After an introductory chapter presenting an overview of the academic phenomenon in the XVI and XVII century, the following chapters aim to reconstruct the history of the Academy and examine its literary output in depth. The analysis is conducted primarily on unpublished material, which shows the evolution of the institution over a period of approximately fifty years. The data collected for the purpose of this project range from unpublished material, such as the academic lectures preserved in Perugia (Biblioteca Augustea) and the hitherto unexplored lectures held in Trieste (Biblioteca Attilio Hortis) to the works published by the academicians. The examination of the entire corpus has led to identify three main areas of interest, which I have broadly described as self-referential, literary and philosophical. An element of great interest is represented by the establishment and reception of new literary and aesthetic theories and trends in the crucial passage from the Late Renaissance to the Baroque age. The thesis’ main aim is to properly evaluate the cultural impact of academic activities, in the intent of determining their actual contribution to the world of learning and the influence exercised by them. This appeared to be the only effective way of striking a middle course between the enthusiastic judgement of the contemporaries and the widespread scepticism of 19th and 20th-century scholars. Verso le virtù celesti. La letterata conversazione dell’Accademia degli Insensati di Perugia (1561-1608) Lorenzo Sacchini School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Department of Italian, Durham University A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Supervisors: Prof. Carlo Caruso, Dr. Dario Tessicini 2013 SOMMARIO ELENCO DELLE ILLUSTRAZIONI ......................................................................................... 3 ABBREVIAZIONI BIBLIOGRAFICHE ................................................................................... 4 RINGRAZIAMENTI .................................................................................................................. 5 PREMESSA ................................................................................................................................. 6 1. L’ACCADEMIA DEGLI INSENSATI TRA LODI E BIASIMI ..................................................................................... 6 2. PERCHÉ UNA RICERCA SULL’ACCADEMIA DEGLI INSENSATI? ..................................................................... 10 3. DI ‘ACADEMIA’ IN ACCADEMIA. DALLA CRUSCA ALLA CRUSCA ................................................................... 14 CAPITOLO I: L’ACCADEMIA CINQUECENTESCA TRA REPUBBLICA E SOCIETÀ LETTERARIA .......................................................................................................................... 20 I.1 L’ACCADEMIA: LE DIFFICOLTÀ DI UNA DEFINIZIONE .................................................................................. 20 I.2 LE ACCADEMIE: RES PUBLICA LITERARIA? .................................................................................................... 26 I.3 PER UNA TEORIZZAZIONE DELL’ACCADEMIA ............................................................................................... 33 I.3.1 L’accademia: tra virtù e lettere ................................................................................................... 34 I.3.2 L’accademia: una concorde repubblica ................................................................................... 43 I.4 L’ORALITÀ NELLA CIVILE CONVERSAZIONE ACCADEMICA .......................................................................... 52 I.5 LA PRODUZIONE ACCADEMICA ....................................................................................................................... 58 I.5.1 Quantità, circolazione e definizione ......................................................................................... 58 I.5.2 Poesia e prosa accademica. .......................................................................................................... 61 CAPITOLO II: PER UNA STORIA DI PERUGIA NEL SECONDO CINQUECENTO E DELL’ACCADEMIA DEGLI INSENSATI ............................................................................ 67 II.1 PERUGIA E LA “GUERRA DEL SALE” .............................................................................................................. 67 II.2 PERUGIA DOPO LA “GUERRA DEL SALE” ...................................................................................................... 70 II.3 LE ACCADEMIE PERUGINE: TRA PERIFERIA E CENTRO DELLO STATO ..................................................... 77 II.4 UN PRIMO PROFILO STORICO DELL’ACCADEMIA DEGLI INSENSATI ........................................................ 80 II.4.1 Una visione d’insieme ................................................................................................................... 80 II.4.2 Una premessa necessaria: le fonti ........................................................................................... 92 II.4.3 La fondazione dell’Accademia degli Insensati .................................................................... 94 II.4.4 Cronistoria dell’Accademia degli Insensati .......................................................................... 98 II.4.4.1 La prima stagione .................................................................................................................. 98 II.4.4.2 La seconda stagione .......................................................................................................... 109 CAPITOLO III: LA PRIMA STAGIONE DELL’ACCADEMIA DEGLI INSENSATI (1561-1590CA.) ................................................................................................................. 125 III.1 LA CRONOLOGIA, GLI ACCADEMICI, IL CORPUS ....................................................................................... 125 III.2 LE IMPRESE E I NOMI ACCADEMICI: L’IDENTITÀ DEGLI INSENSATI .................................................... 128 III.3 LA LINGUA, IL MODELLO: GLI INSENSATI E PETRARCA ........................................................................ 139 1 III.4 UN TERZO FILONE (ETEROGENEO?) DI LEZIONI .................................................................................... 149 III. 5 OLTRE LE LEZIONI ACCADEMICHE .......................................................................................................... 155 III.6 TRA ICONOGRAFIA E LETTERATURA: IL MANOSCRITTO DI IMPRESE ACCADEMICHE DEGLI INSENSATI ............................................................................................................................................................................... 158 CAPITOLO IV: LA SECONDA STAGIONE DELL’ACCADEMIA DEGLI INSENSATI: 1590CA.-1608 .................................................................................................................... 167 IV.1 LE FONTI ...................................................................................................................................................... 167 IV.2 IL PERCORSO AUTOREFERENZIALE .......................................................................................................... 170 IV.3 LE LEZIONI LETTERARIE ........................................................................................................................... 178 IV.3.1 La fine del magistero petrarchesco? ..................................................................................

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